Dear AyameTan,

«You've never shown a logical link between the existence of people and the existence of your god.»

Are these the only two ideas that I've never shown a logical link between? Are these the only two ideas which never even came up in our conversation so far?

Now since you mentioned it, speaking of "the existence of my god" is similar to asking about the gender of my pet-turtle when I do not have a pet-turtle.

«Did you even read the article I linked to?»

I read the first sentence, failed to understand it, then gave up as my interest in that article was not big enough to make the necessary effort to fully understand it.

The question is, how genuinely are you interested in finding an answer to the questions that you ask me. When I ask a question and fail to understand the answer, I always insist on clarifications and have no problem admitting what I failed to understand.

«what's the highest level of English education you've received?»

Matriculation with distinction in English as second language.

I keep improving my English by participating in this forum. At times that's my only reward.

Yuyutsu: I'm not surprised you failed to understand it. Most theists fail at reading comprehension.

Why would I read a book (or a forum post) that deliberately uses words and expressions that an English professor couldn't understand? The only reason to do so would be to confuse and/or manipulate your audience.

Dear AyameTan,

Nothing was written here with the intent of confusing English professors.

There is no shame in failing to understand. If there is anything in my posts which I wrote in answer to your questions that you cannot understand, then please let me know so I can clarify or explain it further.

It's not my fault if you like to ramble and bring up red herrings. You didn't read the website, did you?|

If god existed, he wouldn't need hundreds of rambling apologists like yourself to defend him.

Your argument boiled down to "individuals exist, therefore god exists." Which is logically invalid.

Dear AyameTan,

«If god existed, he wouldn't need hundreds of...»

Well He doesn't.

Some religious people mistakenly think that God exists, failing to understand that existence is a material term which can only apply to objects (=things), whereas God is not a thing. Small gods like Ares may (or may not) exist, but had God been confined to existence (which is not the case!), then wouldn't people be better off worshiping Existence itself instead?

«Your argument boiled down to "individuals exist, therefore god exists"

Please check again: I did not mention individuals, nor "God exists".

I never claimed that we are individuals (or describable in any other way).
You are what you are (and by that I am not referring to things that you have, such as a body and a mind, which are only your persona, a mask). If you are lucky enough to have experienced yourself (separate from your experience of your persona), then well and good - otherwise you will need to use blind faith.

Similarly I am what I am, and since we (and all others) can communicate, we must be one and the same.

That which we all are, that which no one and nothing (including existence itself) can be different from, I refer to as God.

Now let us take a step back: members of ISIS who do unimaginably cruel things to others, cannot be religious because their actions take them further away from the realization that they and those they kill and torture, are in fact one and the same, God.

It's been days and STILL no response from Individual. May I consider this an admission of defeat?